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Rural development: Agricultural research works!

African smallholders are using new knowledge to make their farms fit for the future.
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Economic development and employment: Professional prospects back home

Advice and qualifications for getting (re)established at home.
A woman picks coffee beans.

Rural Development: The long process of coffee production: transparency from crop to cup

In Rwanda, women coffee farmers are using entrepreneurship and digital innovations to secure adequate payment.
A group of women holding a Ukrainian flag.

Rebuilding step by step: Rebuilding step by step

From dance studios to fashion ateliers: small businesses are giving Ukrainians hope during the war.
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Economic Development and Employment: And action! Rwanda’s film industry takes off

In Rwanda and Kenya, films ‘Made in Africa’ are creating new jobs.
A woman entrepreneur stands among plants in a field in rural Bangladesh.

Rural development: Bangladesh: quick solutions instead of long trips

Women entrepreneurs are making life easier for people in rural areas with apps and knowledge.

LATEST NEWS
Scientists are taking samples to test for avian influenza in The Gambia.

25.04.2024

Gambia: Well prepared for bird flu

The West African country has put emergency measures in place to deal with the outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu. An international team of experts provided support, including preventive action.
A man speaks into a microphone. Behind him is a presentation on digitalisation.

17.04.2024

Digital databases instead of paper files: Ukraine as a digitalisation role model

Ukraine is using a digital platform to record stocks of essential goods and distribute them to citizens in a targeted manner.
Peruvian banknotes on a table.

26.03.2024

Inspector AI tackles money laundering

With the help of artificial intelligence, Peruvian authorities can identify and pursue cases of money laundering better.
A group of people sit outside on a red tarpaulin and play cards.

22.03.2024

Dice games, cards and conversations – solving water problems together

In India, thousands of villagers manage the groundwater in their communities together. What began as a game became a success.
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel poses for a photo.

20.03.2024

"International cooperation is in Germany's interest!"

GIZ works! Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Chair of the Management Board on how international cooperation also makes a positive impact in Germany.
A gavel in a courtroom.

14.03.2024

The judiciary in Latin America: more protection and rights for women and girls

Training courses break down prejudices within the police, courts and authorities – and support those affected by sexual and gender-based violence.
A graphic depicting three different women and a pair of scales in the background.

07.03.2024

International Women’s Day: Female Pioneers for future generations

Societies cannot be stable without gender equality and inclusion. Stories from successful women.
Naida Baručija sits in front of a shelf on which a number of framed certificates are displayed.

06.03.2024

Emerging stronger from the pandemic – sustainable economic development in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The COVID pandemic presented huge challenges for business all over the world. GIZ is supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina with efforts to mitigate the economic impacts.
Three qualified nurses stand in a hospital corridor smiling in the camera.

27.02.2024

Skilled workers for Germany

GIZ works! GIZ supports SMEs in recruiting skilled workers from abroad.
Children enter a reconstructed school in Ukraine.

22.02.2024

Ukraine: Learning to rebuild and rebuilding to learn

GIZ works! Small communities are rebuilding their schools. New digital hubs ensure better online teaching – often from the school basement.

A police officer surrounded by a group of women

16.02.2024

Modern police stations in The Gambia

The small state in West Africa is setting an example for human rights-compliant policing – with police stations that meet international standards.
A doctor in a lab coat pointing at a screen.

02.02.2024

Good health made simple: all vaccinations at a glance

GIZ is supporting Tunisia in extending its digital COVID-19 vaccination platform to include all the common vaccinations.
Two women and a man stand beside a breathing simulator.

24.01.2024

Woman power in Nepal’s health sector

Feminist development policy stands for justice and cohesion – as well as better outcomes.
Various Euro banknotes lie scattered on a table.

15.01.2024

Follow the money!

How do you fight drug trafficking, illegal arms trading and spyware? Company registers, which GIZ has introduced in Kenya and the Balkans.
Supplying equipment for the power grid.

11.01.2024

Heat and lighting through the winter: ensuring electricity supplies in Ukraine

Large parts of Ukraine’s power grid have been damaged or destroyed by the war. GIZ is supplying the equipment needed to keep people warm through the winter.
Portrait photo of Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Managing Director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

21.12.2023

‘A big job for all of us’

From green energy specialists to data-driven climate adaptation, the agreements struck at COP28 in Dubai have implications for GIZ’s work. We asked Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Managing Director of GIZ, to explain why.
A woman and a boy carrying mattresses on their heads

19.12.2023

Necessity is the mother of invention – and of flexibility

After flooding in Ghana, a GIZ project team decided to help – quickly and cooperatively.
Three women stand in a circle in a park. The woman on the right holds another woman.

15.12.2023

By migrant women for migrant women

In Mexico, migrant and refugee women support one another in settling into a new country.
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Peace and security

Swift relief with long-term prospects is needed for peace and security. For example, the demo-bilization and reintegration of former combatants and advising on the establishment and re-form of efficient, democratically legitimized institutions are part of our work.

Facts and figures

Ukraine: Around 28,000 children and young people can take part in online lessons via digital centres

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Around 6,500 foreign skilled workers and trainees were placed in German companies

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4.9 million refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees and residents of host communities have been supported

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Around 1,000 judicial officers have taken part in training on sentencing gender-based violence

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6,500 communities in India have taken part in educational games against water poverty

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As a result of our agricultural projects, 650,000 people have already been able to feed themselves better

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Cultivating sustainability: The GIZ office in Albania

  • Cultivating sustainability: The GIZ office in Albania
  • Türkiye: Bringing Hope on Wheels
  • Striving for Solidarity
  • Kollektiver Schutz des Hawassa-Sees in Äthiopien
  • Georgien: Gute Regierungsführung für lokale Entwicklung
  • Auf dem Weg in die nachhaltige öffentliche Beschaffung – am Beispiel der Polizei Berlin
  • Wie man den Verlust stoppt - Rettung von Wasser und Boden
  • On the way to circular economy: Jordan explores the EPR system in Germany
  • Kleine Tasse, große Wirkung
  • Bangladesh – your next working destination

Cultivating sustainability: The GIZ office in Albania

Türkiye: Bringing Hope on Wheels

Striving for Solidarity

Kollektiver Schutz des Hawassa-Sees in Äthiopien

Georgien: Gute Regierungsführung für lokale Entwicklung

Auf dem Weg in die nachhaltige öffentliche Beschaffung – am Beispiel der Polizei Berlin

Wie man den Verlust stoppt - Rettung von Wasser und Boden

On the way to circular economy: Jordan explores the EPR system in Germany

Kleine Tasse, große Wirkung

Bangladesh – your next working destination

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